Transport aid
The present disclosure illustrates a transport aid which can be quickly assembled, disassembled, and adjusted in width, and includes two support members, a chair seat and two horizontal assembly frames, wherein the horizontal assembly frames are disposed on left and right sides of the chair seat, respectively, and each includes a first quick connector assembled to a corresponding second quick connector of the chair seat, and ends of the two horizontal assembly frames are pivotally connected to corresponding support members, respectively, and other ends of the two horizontal assembly frames are assembled to each other through a quick packing connector for forming a horizontal bottom support member. As a result, the transport aid can be quickly disassembled into members for easy carry; furthermore, these members can be quickly assembled to a transport aid as a wheelchair, so that any person with disability can sit thereon and easily and comfortably be transported.
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The present disclosure relates to a transport aid. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a transport aid which can be quickly disassembled, assembled, and adjusted in width. The transport aid of the present disclosure can be disassembled to multiple members including a left support member, a right support member, a chair seat and two horizontal assembly frames, to facilitate a user to carry, stow and transport; furthermore, these members can be quickly assembled as a transport aid similar to a wheelchair, and the transport aid can be quickly adjusted in sitting height and width, and in a location and an angle and a headrest thereof, upon a sitting person's demand, so that the transport aid of the present disclosure can be applicable to a tall, short, fat, or thin person with disability to sit thereon conveniently and comfortably; furthermore, a retractable mechanism disposed inside the left support member and right support member can adjust lengths of first cable belts or ropes exposed out of bottom sides of the left armrest part and the right armrest part, so that by swinging the chair seat which is suspended under the first cable belts or ropes, the person with disability sitting on the chair seat can be transported from an original location to a desired location accurately.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONGenerally, a transport aid is used to assist a care giver to transport a cared person which is unable or hard to move independently and also called a person with disability, so as to reduce the mental and physical burden on the care giver.
In order to satisfy care market demand, there are available transport aids in market disclose conventional transport aids. Each of the conventional transport aids can assist the care giver to transport the person with disability and can be folded for receiving, but the problem is that the folded transport aid still takes up a lot of space, so the user is not easy to carry, stow and transport. Furthermore, when the conventional transport aid is unfolded to use, a sitting height and width of the conventional transport aid and a location and an angle of the headrest of the conventional transport aid cannot be adjusted, so the conventional transport aid cannot be applicable to practical demand of the tall, short, fat or thin person with disability. More particularly, when the care giver wants to use the conventional transport aid to transport the person with disability from an original location to a desired location, the care giver must manually move the cared person from the original location to the transport aid, and then push the transport aid to a location adjacent to the desired location, and again manually lift the cared person from the transport aid to the desired location, thereby completing entire transport procedure and process. However, the conventional transport aid cannot efficiently reduce mental and physical burden on the care giver who must manually move or lift the person with disability in the transport procedure and process.
For this reason, what is need is to develop a transport aid which can be quickly disassembled, assembled, and adjusted in width. Furthermore, the transport aid can be disassembled to members including a left support member, a right support member, a chair seat and two horizontal assembly frames, so as to facilitate a user to carry, stow and transport; furthermore, these members can be assembled as a transport aid similar to a wheelchair, and the transport aid can be quickly adjusted in sitting height and width, and in a position and an angle and a headrest thereof, upon a sitting person's demand, so that the transport aid of the present disclosure can be applicable to a tall, short, fat, or thin person with disability to sit thereon conveniently and comfortably; furthermore, the transport aid of the present disclosure includes a retractable mechanism disposed inside the left support member and right support member to adjust lengths of first cable belts or ropes exposed out of bottom sides of the left armrest part and the right armrest part; as a result, by swinging the chair seat which is suspended under the first cable belts or ropes, the person with disability sitting on the chair seat can be transported from the original location to the desired location accurately.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONIn order to solve above-mentioned problem, the inventor develops a transport aid which can be assembled and disassembled, and adjusted in width, according to years of practical development experience and multiple tests. By using the transport of the present disclosure, the mental and physical burden on the care giver can be reduced when the care giver transports a person with disability; furthermore, by using the transport aid of the present disclosure, the person with disability can accurately swing from an original location to a desired position independently.
According to an embodiment, the present disclosure provides a transport aid which can be assembled and disassembled, and adjusted in width. The transport aid includes a left support member, a right support member, a chair seat and two horizontal assembly frames. The left support member is formed by welding a plurality of metal tubes, and includes a left armrest part and a left roller part. The left armrest part is disposed on a top edge of the left support member, and includes a top side configured to place a sitting person's left hand, a retractable mechanism disposed inside, and a rotatable connector pivotally connected to an inner side or an outer side thereof adjacent to a front end thereof and engaged with an end of a rotatable handle. When the rotatable connector is rotated, the retractable mechanism is driven to retrieve two first cable belts or ropes exposed out of a bottom side of the left armrest part, into the left armrest part, and the exposed parts of the two first cable belts or ropes become longer, or when the rotatable connector is rotated, the retractable mechanism is driven to release the two cable belts or ropes from the left armrest part, the exposed parts of the two first cable belts or ropes become shorter. Each of the plurality of first cable belts or ropes of the left armrest part includes a first quick connector disposed at an end thereof away from the left armrest part. The left roller part is integrally formed by welding a plurality of metal tubes, and includes rollers pivotally connected to a bottom side thereof adjacent to a front end and a rear end thereof, and includes a top side connected to the bottom side of the left armrest part by a plurality of vertical support rods, so that the left roller part and the left armrest part are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined vertical distance. The right support member formed by welding and assembling a plurality of metal tubes, and includes a right armrest part and a right roller part. The right armrest part is disposed on a top edge of the right support member, and includes a top side configured to place the sitting person's right hand, other retractable mechanism disposed inside, and other rotatable connector pivotally connected to an inner side or an outer side thereof adjacent to a front end thereof and engaged with an end of other rotatable handle. When the other rotatable connector is rotated, the other retractable mechanism is driven to retrieve two first cable belts or ropes exposed out of a bottom side of the right armrest part, into the right armrest part, and the exposed parts of the two first cable belts or ropes become shorter, or when the other rotatable connector is rotated, the other retractable mechanism is driven to release the two cable belts or ropes from the right armrest part, the exposed parts of the two first cable belts or ropes become longer. Each of the plurality of first cable belts or ropes of right armrest part includes a first quick connector disposed at an end thereof away from the right armrest part. The right roller part is integrally formed by welding a plurality of metal tubes, and includes other rollers pivotally connected to a bottom side thereof adjacent to a front end and a rear end thereof, and includes a top side connected to the bottom side of the right armrest part by a plurality of vertical support rods, so that the right roller part and the right armrest part are spaced apart from each other by the predetermined vertical distance. The chair seat includes second cable belts or ropes respectively disposed at left and right sides thereof adjacent to front and rear edges thereof, and each of the plurality of second cable belts or ropes includes a second quick connector disposed at an end thereof away from the chair seat and configured to integrally engage with one of the first quick connectors corresponding thereto, so that the chair seat is swingably suspended between and below the left armrest part and the right armrest part stably. The two horizontal assembly frames are formed by welding at least one metal tube, and include ends pivotally connected with parts of the vertical support rods which are adjacent to bottoms of the vertical support rods, and respectively between the left armrest part and the left roller part, and between the right armrest part and the right roller part. Other ends of the horizontal assembly frames are mounted with each other, and tightly packed by a quick packing connector PC, so that the horizontal assembly frames are assembled and combined with each other to form a horizontal bottom support member.
As a result, the transport aid of the present disclosure can be disassembled to multiple members including the left support member, the right support member, the chair seat and the two horizontal assembly frames, to facilitate a user to carry, stow and transport; furthermore, these members can be quickly assembled as a transport aid similar to a wheelchair, and the transport aid can be quickly adjusted in sitting height and width, and in a location and an angle and a headrest thereof, upon a sitting person's demand, so that the transport aid of the present disclosure can be applicable to a tall, short, fat, or thin person with disability to sit thereon conveniently and comfortably; furthermore, a retractable mechanism disposed inside the left support member and right support member can adjust lengths of first cable belts or ropes exposed out of bottom sides of the left armrest part and the right armrest part, so that by swinging the chair seat which is suspended under the first cable belts or ropes, the person with disability sitting on the chair seat can be transported from the original location to the desired location accurately.
The structure, operating principle and effects of the present disclosure will be described in detail by way of various embodiments which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
The following embodiments of the present invention are herein described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. These drawings show specific examples of the embodiments of the present invention. It is to be understood that these embodiments are exemplary implementations and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention in any way. Further modifications to the disclosed embodiments, as well as other embodiments, are also included within the scope of the appended claims. These embodiments are provided so that this disclosure is thorough and complete, and fully conveys the inventive concept to those skilled in the art. Regarding the drawings, the relative proportions and ratios of elements in the drawings may be exaggerated or diminished in size for the sake of clarity and convenience. Such arbitrary proportions are only illustrative and not limiting in any way. The same reference numbers are used in the drawings and description to refer to the same or like parts.
It is to be understood that, although the terms ‘first’, ‘second’, ‘third’, and so on, may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another component. Thus, a first element discussed herein could be termed a second element without altering the description of the present invention. As used herein, the term “or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
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The present disclosure disclosed herein has been described by means of specific embodiments. However, numerous modifications, variations and enhancements can be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention set forth in the claims.
Claims
1. A transport aid with a quick assembly-disassembly function and a width adjustment function, comprising:
- a left support member formed by welding a plurality of metal tubes, comprising: a left armrest part disposed on a top edge of the left support member, and comprising a top side configured to place a sitting person's left hand, a retractable mechanism disposed inside, a rotatable connector pivotally connected to an inner side or an outer side thereof adjacent to a front end thereof and engaged with an end of a rotatable handle, wherein when the rotatable connector is rotated, the retractable mechanism is driven to retrieve two first cable belts or ropes exposed out of a bottom side of the left armrest part, into the left armrest part, and the exposed parts of the two first cable belts or ropes become longer, or when the rotatable connector is rotated, the retractable mechanism is driven to release the two cable belts or ropes from the left armrest part, the exposed parts of the two first cable belts or ropes become shorter, wherein each of the plurality of first cable belts or ropes comprises a first quick connector disposed at an end thereof away from the left armrest part; a left roller part integrally formed by welding a plurality of metal tubes, comprising rollers pivotally connected to a bottom side thereof adjacent to a front end and a rear end thereof, and comprising a top side connected to the bottom side of the left armrest part by a plurality of vertical support rods, so that the left roller part and the left armrest part are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined vertical distance;
- a right support member formed by welding and assembling a plurality of metal tubes, and comprising: a right armrest part disposed on a top edge of the right support member, and comprising a top side configured to place the sitting person's right hand, other retractable mechanism disposed inside, and other rotatable connector pivotally connected to an inner side or an outer side thereof adjacent to a front end thereof and engaged with an end of other rotatable handle, wherein when the other rotatable connector is rotated, the other retractable mechanism is driven to retrieve two first cable belts or ropes exposed out of a bottom side of the right armrest part, into the right armrest part, and the exposed parts of the two first cable belts or ropes become shorter, or when the other rotatable connector is rotated, the other retractable mechanism is driven to release the two cable belts or ropes from the right armrest part, the exposed parts of the two first cable belts or ropes become longer, wherein each of the plurality of first cable belts or ropes comprises a first quick connector disposed at an end thereof away from the right armrest part; a right roller part integrally formed by welding a plurality of metal tubes, comprising other rollers pivotally connected to a bottom side thereof adjacent to a front end and a rear end thereof, and comprising a top side connected to the bottom side of the right armrest part by a plurality of vertical support rods, so that the right roller part and the right armrest part are spaced apart from each other by the predetermined vertical distance;
- a chair seat comprising second cable belts or ropes respectively disposed at left and right sides thereof adjacent to front and rear edges thereof, and each of the plurality of second cable belts or ropes comprising a second quick connector disposed at an end thereof away from the chair seat and configured to integrally engage with one of the first quick connectors corresponding thereto, so that the chair seat is swingably suspended between and below the left armrest part and the right armrest part stably; and
- two horizontal assembly frames formed by welding at least one metal tube, and comprising ends pivotally connected with parts of the vertical support rods which are adjacent to bottoms of the vertical support rods, and respectively between the left armrest part and the left roller part, and between the right armrest part and the right roller part, wherein other ends of the horizontal assembly frames are mounted with each other, and tightly packed by a quick packing connector (PC), so that the horizontal assembly frames are assembled and combined with each other to form a horizontal bottom support member.
2. The transport aid according to claim 1, further comprising a headrest support member formed by welding and assembling a plurality of metal tubes, wherein the headrest support member comprises:
- a left handle part detachably assembled with the top side of the left armrest part adjacent to the rear end of the left armrest part, and other end bent backwardly and downwardly to form a left handle;
- a right handle part detachably assembled with the top side of the right armrest part adjacent to the rear end of the right armrest part, and other end bent backwardly and downwardly to form a right handle;
- two horizontal handle assembly rods comprising ends respectively welded on near-center sections of the left handle part and the right handle part, and other ends mounted with each other and tightly packed by a quick packing connector (PC), so as to form a horizontal headrest support rod; and
- a headrest comprising other quick packing connector (PC) disposed at the back surface thereof and configured to mount and tightly pack with the horizontal headrest support rod, to adjust a position and angle of the headrest relative to the horizontal headrest support rod.
3. The transport aid according to claim 1, further comprising two pedals pivotally connected to inner sides of the left roller part and the right roller part adjacent to front edges of the left roller part and the right roller part, respectively.
4. The transport aid according to claim 2, further comprising two pedals pivotally connected to inner sides of the left roller part and the right roller part adjacent to front edges of the left roller part and the right roller part, respectively.
5. The transport aid according to claim 3, wherein each of the rollers comprises a brake mechanism configured to stop rotation of the roller.
6. The transport aid according to claim 4, wherein each of the rollers comprises a brake mechanism configured to stop rotation of the roller.
7. The transport aid according to claim 5, wherein the chair seat comprises a hollow frame and a covering layer, and the hollow frame is formed by a bent metal tube, and the covering layer is made of textile, and the ends of the second cable belts or ropes are respectively sewn and fixed with left and right sides of the covering layer adjacent to front and rear edges of the covering layer.
8. The transport aid according to claim 6, wherein the chair seat comprises a hollow frame and a covering layer, and the hollow frame is formed by a bent metal tube, and the covering layer is made of textile, and the ends of the second cable belts or ropes are respectively sewn and fixed with left and right sides of the covering layer adjacent to front and rear edges of the covering layer.
9. The transport aid according to claim 7, further comprising locking buttons respectively disposed on the vertical support rods adjacent to the bottom of the vertical support rod, and between the left armrest part and the left roller part, and between the right armrest part and the right roller part, wherein each of the locking buttons is configured to rotate to lock and position one of the horizontal assembly frames corresponding thereto, at a horizontally-assembled status, or position one of the horizontal assembly frames corresponding thereto when the horizontal assembly frames are vertically attached with the vertical support rods respectively.
10. The transport aid according to claim 8, further comprising locking buttons respectively disposed on the vertical support rods adjacent to the bottom of the vertical support rod, and between the left armrest part and the left roller part, and between the right armrest part and the right roller part, wherein each of the locking buttons is configured to rotate to lock and position one of the horizontal assembly frames corresponding thereto, at a horizontally-assembled status, or position one of the horizontal assembly frames corresponding thereto when the horizontal assembly frames are vertically attached with the vertical support rods respectively.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 10, 2018
Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
Patent Publication Number: 20180369032
Assignee: SOLID FOCUS INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. (Taoyuan)
Inventor: Shao-Tuan Chang (Taoyuan)
Primary Examiner: James M Dolak
Application Number: 15/866,549
International Classification: B62B 3/00 (20060101); A61G 5/08 (20060101); A61H 3/04 (20060101);